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6 STAR MARKED QUESTIONS ( FOR TIE BREAKING)
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PRELIMS BY JACOB

• “x” is the capital city of south korea. “y” is also a
famous city of south korea known for its beaches and
temples. In 2016, south Korean director yeon sang- ho
made 2 world famous films, the name of those films
are interconnected for a certain kind of train route
which (the train route) also connects “x” and “y”.
• “x” is also famous as the hosting city of summer
Olympics 1988
• Just identify these two cities.
1
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½ + ½ =1

• The number 31 we can see here
is a part of an US dessert
companies logo.
( bigger image in next slide)
• The meaning of the number 31
is that they have 31 flavours .
• In 2019, they were in the news
for changing one of their
California outlets based on the
Netflix show Stranger Things.
• Identify the company
2
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• Ibha is an Asiatic lioness who is representing “Nari
Shakti”, or women power, Ibha is a strong, playful and
charming lioness that aims to inspire and encourage
women and girls by using teamwork, resilience, kindness
and empowering others. Ibha also wants to encourage
girls in India and around the world to take the right
decisions and reach their full potential.
• Why was Ibha in the recent news?
3
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• According to a letter written to the editor of Ananda Bajar
Partika in 2013, the new logo of “x” has been created by a
person named Sabyasachi dutta. The logo contains a white
lamp with three right sided flames in a sky blue circle
which is surrounded by the sentence “Excellence since
1817”.
• X is an integral part of Kolkata’s history, education,
Bengali emotions and has a deep and heartly connection
with several intellectuals like Satyajit Ray, Amartya sen,
J.C.Bose, Prashanta Chandra Mahalanobish, swami
Vivekananda, Michael Madhusudan Dutta and many more.
Probably the oldest kind of its own in India and one of the
hotspot of Indian freedom movement, X is still standing
with the prestigious mark of excellence.
• What is “x” ?
4
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• This is a childrens cartoon
character founded in 1919 by Pat
Sullivan and 0tto messmer.
• The name of this cartoon cat
shares the exact title of an
American female track and field
athelete who lost gold medal in
Rio Olympics 2016 womens 400
meter sprint for an uncertain
jump made by her opponent
Shaunae miller.
• Just give me the name of the cat.
5
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• CRED is an Indian fintech company,
based in Bangalore, which was
founded in 2018. They also make
advertisement videos with famous
personalities for their company.
• Recently they make an ad with a
renowned personality of 2021 where
they used this song .
• Give me the name of the personality
with the help of this song.
6
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• Ryan Higa, also known as
nigahiga, is an American internet
personality. Best known for his
comedy videos on YouTube. In
21st octobor 2015 with David choi
they released a song named
“IGNORED” which represents a
particular fandom .
• Which fandom community am I
talking about?
7
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• Once Narayan Gangopadhyay , his friends and the
compiler of Tenida samagra Mr. pranab kumar
Mukhopadhyay were hanging out and pranab babu was
talking about his childhood memories. He said that
during a certain Vishwakarma puja he blew up a big kite .
Hearing the fact, Narayan babu made a fun on him by
asking if he was also flew away with the kite.
• Later he wrote a story on the same context told by pranab
kumar mukhopadhyay.
• Just give me the name of that story.
8
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• In korea there is a sports named ojingeo went viral for a
special kind of pop cult reason. Not so famous Korean
writer Hwang Dong-hyuk also told about this sport which
make it came to public light
• The rules of this game are simple, Players are separated
into two teams, attackers trying to reach and dominate a
“land” or home base, usually hopping on one leg out of
bounds, while offense players push, pull and try to keep
their opponents outside the lines.
• In which name does this sporting event is known to us?
9
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• Margaret bourke white was LIFE magazine’s first female
photographer, in 1946, she was offered a rare
opportunity to photograph “x”. She was made to
overcome many challenges before gaining access to this
famous face of political world.
• She successfully clicked a very unique shot of that
personality less than two years before the assassination.
• Which personality am I talking about/ who is “x” ?
10
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11
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• Heila duila nach (হেইলা দুইলা নাচ) is a Bangladeshi song
composed by Aakash sen. It is said that a particular
tune of this song is an inspiration for a world
famous classic which is created by Willy William.
Later, with J. balvin they recreated another cult
classic based on willy Williams previous song.
• Which recreated song am I talking about?

12
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• This picture was taken during
the shooting of a 1934 film
named “It happened one night”.
Here we can see Clark gable is
eating something.
• It is said that this position of
eating is the inspiration of
another eating position created
by a world famous fictional
character which is loved by all.
• So which fictional character am
I talking about?

13
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• Minimalist poster of which
movie?

14
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• The keys we can see here is
named as “The key of heaven”
• In which “not so big” countries
national flag do you find them ?

• David /Dave corbett is a resident of London who is currently
at the age of 78. In 1966 he confess something to local police
which make him and his companion world famous very
soon.
• He went to local police station, showed “x” to the sergeant
in charge and told him “I think I have found the x” but after
watching that thing the sergeant replied “Doesn't look very x
to me, son”. Eventually, a detective was summoned and
Corbett was taken to Scotland Yard for questioning. Some
times later when he returned house there was all the
world's press outside.
• Why David corbett is famous ?
15
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16
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• Scoville is an unit used for a special kind of measurement.
Invented by Wilbur Scoville, this unit is popular in youtube
as many youtubers used that to make videos by intaking
something and measure with the Scoville scale.
• Some of the examples are
1)JALAPENO- (2500 – 5000) SHUs
2)CAPSICUM- 0 SHUs
3)BHUT JOLOKIA – 1041427 SHUs
• For which kind of measurements does Scoville is used?

17
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• Recreation of which
famous artwork ?
• Also, give me the
name of the artist
who is the creator of
the real artwork.
½ + ½ = 1

• John Billings , also known as “x” man is
famous for making all the “x” awards
trophies.
• When trying to decide what the award
should be called, the name Eddie Awards
was one possible choice by National
Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
(NARAS). However, they decided to go
with Gramophone to homage to
gramophone and its revolutionary impact
on the music industry.
• Which award ?
18
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• Identify this recently released movie ( next slide)
19
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• Josephine huang is a cook by profession, currently runs an
eatery near from chadni chawk. It was opened up as a small
tiffin house by Achumpa huang. The meaning of the name of
that eatery is Europe. The menu may be a bit Eau-ish for
some people but foodies always love this place for not only it
is the earliest Chinese eatery house in Kolkata but also for
its authentic Chinese chimney soup and a special kind of
food named after Josephine huang which is their signature
dish.
• Which eatery house am I talking about ? Which particular
dish is started by Josephine huang which is popular there?
20
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½ + ½ = 1

• According to Quora, the phrase “x” means a cried
victory yelled out when you defeat your opponent in a
particular sporting event. It is a Gujrati three word
phrase which came in limelight in 2013 .
• In 2008 a famous writer “y” wrote a book named “The
Three Mistakes of my life” and it was a best seller for
certain reasons.
• X and Y has a special biblio-cinematic connection
• Identify x and y
21
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½ + ½ = 1

• One of the popular origin behind the poem of “x” and “y”
are from France. X and Y are said to be King Louis XVI -
who was beheaded followed by his Queen Marie
Antoinette. The words and lyrics to the X and Y poem
were made more acceptable as a story for children by
providing a happy ending! The actual beheadings
occurred in during the Reign of Terror in 1793.
• Identify x and y / name of the poem
22
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• One of the earliest authentic
European X pieces are the
Isle of Lewis X pieces, which
are now in the British
Museum and the National
Museum of Antiquites in
Edinburgh.
• What is X ?
23
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• Which event is described by this google doodle?
24
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• Identify the singer and the moovie
25
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½ + ½ = 1

• The picture we can see here
is a logo of an Indian
company which mainly
produces outdoor cloathings,
footwears, etc
• During the nationwide
lockdown in India, this
company immediately
diversified its product
portfolio by making products
like Personal Protective Kits
• Which company?
26
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• Once known as 'Pragjyotishpura' (the light of the east),
this place derives its name from the Assamese word
"Guva" derived from the Sanskrit word Guvaka,
meaning areca nut and another Assamese word which
means rows, the rows of areca nut trees.
• Which place ?
27
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 Siren is a mythical character from Greek
mythology who is often depicted with two legs.
They were regarded as dangerous creatures
who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting
music.
 Which world famous Eatery company used her
face as their logo ?
28
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•Identify the band
29
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• These type of plants are
adapted to life in a dry or
physiologically dry habitat by
means of mechanisms to
prevent water loss or to store
available water. Such plants
as cacti and agaves are their
example.
• Which type of plants ?
30
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• “x” is the capital city of South korea. “y” is also a
famous city of South korea known for its beaches and
temples. In 2016, South Korean director yeon sang- ho
made 2 world famous films, the name of those films
are interconnected for a certain kind of train route
which (the train route) also connects “x” and “y”.
• “x” is also famous as the hosting city of summer
Olympics 1988
• Just identify these two cities.
1
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½ + ½ =1

1
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SEOUL , BUSAN
½ + ½ = 1

2
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BASKIN ROBBINS

3
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OFFICIAL MASCOT, FIFA U17 WOMENS WORLD CUP 2022

4
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PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA

5
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FELIX

6
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NEERAJ CHOPRA

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Bugs bunny

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14
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15
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OWNER OF PICKLES THE DOG

16
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 Scoville is an unit used for a special kind of measurement.
Invented by Wilbur Scoville, this unit is popular in youtube
as many youtubers used that to make videos by intaking
something and measure with the Scoville scale.
 Some of the examples are
1)JALAPENO- (2500 – 5000) SHUs
2)CAPSICUM- 0 SHUs
3)BHUT JOLOKIA – 1041427 SHUs
 For which kind of measurements does Scoville is used?

16
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Spiciness

17
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The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory by Salvador dali
½ + ½ = 1

18
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Grammy

19
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• Josephine huang is a cook by profession, currently runs an
eatery near from chadni chawk. It was opened up as a small
tiffin house by Achumpa huang. The meaning of the name of
that eatery is Europe. The menu might be a bit Eau-ish for
some people but foodies always love this place also for its
authentic Chinese chimney soup and a special kind of food
named after Josephine huang which is their signature dish.
• Which eatery house am I talking about ? Which particular
dish is started by Josephine huang which is popular there?
20
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½ + ½ = 1

20
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Eau-chew and Josephine noodles/rice
½ + ½ = 1

21
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Kai po che , Chetan Bhagat
½ + ½ = 1

22
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23
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CHESS

24
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German elections 2o21

• Identify the singer and the movie
25
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½ + ½ = 1

25
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Robbie Williams , Finding Nemo

26
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• This Indian city once used to be known as
'Pragjyotishpura' (the light of the east), this
place derives its name from the Assamese word
"Guva" derived from the Sanskrit word Guvaka,
meaning areca nut and another Assamese word
which means rows, the rows of areca nut trees.
• Which city ?
27
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27
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 Siren is a mythical character from Greek
mythology who is often depicted with two legs.
They were regarded as dangerous creatures who
lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music.
 Which world famous Eatery company used her
face as their logo ?
28
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